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The Beatles song John Lennon wrote to “confuse” his audience

    The Beatles song John Lennon wrote to “confuse” his audience

‘John Lennon was a true artist and put a lot of faith in taking his soul, stretching it out into a tune and some rhyming syllables and putting it to

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The one artist who was too drunk to jam with John Lennon

    The one artist who was too drunk to jam with John Lennon

For any self-respecting musician, the chance to record alongside John Lennon is the thing of fantasy. After all, the former Beatle is among the most important, successful, and universally beloved

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The lyric that George Harrison insisted John Lennon change

    The lyric that George Harrison insisted John Lennon change

I love a good forbidden giggle. The kind when being told to stop only increases the amount you laugh and you end up fighting a physical battle with your own

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The Beatles song accidentally fuelled by LSD

    The Beatles song accidentally fuelled by LSD

If I had to think about how John Lennon’s presence in the world was slowly introduced to me, it was first with the tightly fitting Windsor sunglasses, accompanied with a

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How Paul McCartney stepped up for John Lennon’s son Julian

    How Paul McCartney stepped up for John Lennon’s son Julian

“Hey Jude, don’t make it bad, Take a sad song and make it better”: Paul McCartney wrote those words in

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How John Lennon became a journalist before The Beatles formed

    How John Lennon became a journalist before The Beatles formed

When you think about the music world’s biggest and best creative minds, in some respects, it seems as if they

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Why John Lennon Believed Bob Dylan’s “Basic” Songs Came From the British Isles – American Songwriter

    Why John Lennon Believed Bob Dylan’s “Basic” Songs Came From the British Isles – American Songwriter

No genre of music has one sole creator. Rather, the creation of a genre comes from generations of influence, impact,

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The Beatles fans praise John Lennon’s ‘Instant Karma’ performance – but point out one ‘annoying’ part | Cult Following

    The Beatles fans praise John Lennon’s ‘Instant Karma’ performance – but point out one ‘annoying’ part | Cult Following

A performance of Instant Karma delivered by John Lennon on Top of the Pops has one “annoying” part according to

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The song that proves John Lennon would rap in another

    The song that proves John Lennon would rap in another

It’s hard for us to imagine John Lennon as anything other than John Lennon. Regardless of your overall opinion about

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John Lennon’s Second Band That Marked the End of the Beatles – American Songwriter

    John Lennon’s Second Band That Marked the End of the Beatles – American Songwriter

By the end of the Beatles’ run, their best touring days were well behind them. That left room only for spontaneous, one-off performances. The most famous Beatles pop up show

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